SYLMAR >> A 24-year-old inmate who went missing from a conservation camp near Sylmar is back in custody after nearly a week on the run.

Jesse Jordan Diaz, who walked away from the minimum-security Holton Conservation Camp sometime before 11:25 p.m. Sept. 22, was taken into custody late Tuesday night in Indio, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Diaz, who was serving a four-year sentence for evading a peace officer, was tracked with the assistance of one of his friends, who directed investigators from the CDCR’s Special Service Unit to a house where Diaz was staying.

Diaz had been due for release on Aug. 21, 2016, but now the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office will weigh possible new charges against him because of the escape, according to the CDCR.